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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plant prostrate or suberect with main stem up to 20 cm long, branched from the base; rhizophores pale yellow, few near base, 5–15 cm long. Leaves dimorphic,pale yellow-green; laterals oblong in outline, apex pointed, base unequal, margin entire or with few denticles near apex, the main nerve evident and terminating in a thickened white ridge, 3–4 x 1–2 mm; median leaves obliquely obovate in outline, terminating abruptly in denticulate arista 0.6–0.7 mm long (about 3/4 the length of the limb), margin entire or with very few denticles near apex, 2.2–2.5 x c. 1.2 mm; axillary leaves resembling laterals, ovate-elliptic, subacute at summit, entire. Strobili 6–8 x c.3 mm; sporophylls dimorphic; dorsal green, oblong-lanceolate, ± 2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute at apex, subtruncate at the base, serrulate particularly near apex, keeled, the keel shortly ciliolate-denticulate towards the apex; ventral hyaline, subtriangular, cochleariform, ± 2.2 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, acuminate at the apex, auriculate at the base, ciliolate-denticulate. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | Soyauxii: named after Soyaux whom first collected this fern in Munda, Gabon. |
| Habitat: | Evergreen forest with Parinari excelsa; shaded rocks. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bizzarri, M.P. (1985). Selaginellaceae Flore d' Afrique Centrale National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 38 - 39. Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 154. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 27. |